And the numbers are even worse, if you consider that the population of America has more than doubled in these 60 years. So if we looked at advertising on a per capita basis, based on either population or newspaper circulation decline from 1950 to 2014, this picture would be even worse than they are saying now.
I thought I heard some big city dailies were planning to discontinue 7 day a week publishing. Instead would publish only on certain days, such as Thursday through Sunday.
I would bet in the future, some newspapers will only be available on line.
Think how much it costs to print newspapers on actual paper, then load up on delivery trucks to distribution points, then the costs of the carriers who actually deliver the papers to fewer and fewer homes. The business model of newspapers just isn’t making dollars and sense anymore.